bumble

bumble is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The bittern. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 17 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The bittern.
2. intransitive verb. To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to cry as a bittern.
3. verb. speak haltingly

   "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

   Synonyms: falter, stammer, stutter

4. verb. walk unsteadily

   "The drunk man stumbled about"

   Synonyms: falter, stumble

5. verb. make a mess of, destroy or ruin

   "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"

   "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

   Synonyms: blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollocks, botch, bungle, flub, fluff, fumble, mishandle, muff

Synonyms

falter, stammer, stutter, stumble, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollocks, botch, bungle, flub, fluff, fumble, mishandle, muff, spoil

Common word forms

bumbled, bumbler, bumbles, bumbling

Words from these letters

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